[blindlaw] Training for Internships

[Gerard Sadlier]

Hi Rahul,

The only thing that will make you better and quicker at understanding
law is reading it. The cases and legislation must be read and read
again if not understood.

You should read leading text books and then, where you find a point
unclear follow up by reading cases referred to.

Hopefully you have access to a legal database. Certainly, I know many
legal resources are now freely available.

Kind regards

Ger

On 1/28/15, Russell J. Thomas via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Once you know the area of law, do a few Google searches to locate news
> articles which discuss the area of law. If you have access to a legal
> research database, do some research to identify some recent cases in the
> area of law; read the cases so you have some familiarity with the subject
> matter.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rahul
> Bajaj
> via blindlaw
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:31 AM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindlaw] Training for Internships
>
> Hi All,
>
> While this question does not have anything to do directly with blindness
> per
> se, I believe this is a great platform to discuss this issue and to hear
> diverse views and perspectives. Most of the internships that I have pursued
> thus far have been in areas of law about which I had very limited knowledge
> at the time of starting the internship. This is often a huge disadvantage
> because I take a substantially more amount of time to understand the
> intricacies of legal propositions for which I am required to find
> authoritative cases or commentaries. Generally speaking, I always
> understand
> things better when I can contextualize their relevance and importance in
> the
> big picture. So, what strategies should I adopt for acquiring a functional
> understanding of the areas of law that I am slated to work on during my
> internship? More specifically, are there any strategies that I can adopt
> for
> effectively predicting the kind of work (legal propositions, opinions and
> research notes) that I would be likely to work on during the internship and
> to devise strategies for performing these tasks efficaciously and
> expeditiously?
> Secondly, what substantive steps can I take when I am not interning to
> enhance my productivity during my internships? In other words, what are the
> kinds of habits that I should seek to develop and promote for performing
> tasks such as reading complex cases, digesting complicated facts, finding
> out important points for consideration and critically evaluating any legal
> document expeditiously? I go to a local community college where the quality
> of students and faculty is remarkably low, so I have to devise my own
> strategies for learning these critical skills. Any pointers that would help
> me in performing the aforementioned tasks expeditiously and efficaciously
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best,
> Rahul
>
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